Isaiah Berlin Quotes
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The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past.
Isaiah Berlin
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Author Details:
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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Quotes
Date of Birth:
June 6, 1909
Date of Death:
November 5, 1997
Nationality:
Russian
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Confucius
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Socrates
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Sun Tzu
Plato
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